18,3 Merrill: New Philippine Myrtaceae 303 
bus terminalibusque, brevissimis, paucifloris; fructibus ampul- 
liformibus, circiter 8 mm longis, in siccitate atris vel 
atro-brunneis, basi acutis, breviter pedicellatis. 
A glabrous shrub or small tree, the branches and branchlets 
terete, brownish to grayish, the latter very slender, about 1 
mm in diameter. Leaves numerous, in general elliptic-ovate, 
2 to 4 cm long, 1 to 2 mm wide, subequally narrowed to the 
acute base and to the obtusely acuminate apex, chartaceous, 
pale, of the same color on both surfaces and shining when dry, 
the lower surface punctate; primary lateral nerves about 12, 
slender, scarcely more distinct than are the secondary nerves 
and reticulations, anastomosing with the equally distinct margi- 
nal nerve about 1 mm from the edge of the leaf ; petioles 2 to 3 
mm long. Infructescences terminal and axillary, excluding the 
fruits 5 mm long or less, depauperate-cymose. Fruits apparent- 
ly dark-purple when fresh, when dry ampulliform, about 8 
mm long, black or very dark-brown, 3 to 4 mm in diameter 
in the middle, narrowed to the acute base, smooth or slightly 
wrinkled, again narrowed above the middle, the apex truncate. 
Luzon, Rizal Province, Mount Susong Dalaga, Bur. Sci. 29280 
Ramos & Edaho, August 2, 1917, on the forested upper ridges. 
This species is well characterized by its small leaves ; its very 
slender branchlets ; its very short, cymose, terminal and axillary 
infructescences, and its ampulliform fruits. It belongs in the 
group with Eugenia claviflora Roxb. 
EUGENIA SIDEROCOLA sp. nov. § Syzygium. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, glabra, ramulis 4-angulatis, tenuibus ; 
foliis coriaceis, anguste oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, obtusis 
vel rotundatis, basi cuneatis, 2 ad 4 cm longis, 8 ad 14 mm latis, 
haud punctatis, nervis lateralibus obsoletis; inflorescentiis ter- 
minalibus, pedunculatis, usque ad 4 cm longis, multifloris, ra- 
mulis ultimis dichotomis vel trichotomis, floribus sessilibus, 
calycis 2 ad 2.5 mm longis. 
A glabrous shrub or small tree, up to 4 m high, the branches 
grayish brown, terete, the - branchlets somewhat 4-angled, slen- 
der. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly oblong to oblong-elliptic, the 
apex obtuse or rounded, base cuneate, 2 to 4 cm long, 8 to 14 mm 
wide, the lower surface scarcely punctate, the lateral nerves and 
reticulations obsolete; petioles 1 to 2.5 mm long. Inflores- 
cences terminal and in the uppermost axils, peduncled, 2.5 to 
4 cm long, many-flowered, the ultimate branchlets dichotomous 
